ext_12344 ([identity profile] omglawdork.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] starrylizard 2009-01-21 03:36 pm (UTC)

Oh, gosh. Will you have access to a car and be able to do a 3.5 hour drive, one-way? If you can, Austin is amazing. I live here, I love it. The Capitol and Texas State History Museum alone make a trip totally worth it. If you have 2-3 free days, you could drive down first thing, see both of those sights in Austin, then bop down to San Antonio for an evening on the Riverwalk (way awesome) and a mission tour the next day. So fun. Also, the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center is just a short drive from Austin proper, and the wildflowers will be MAD AWESOME that time of year. You really are picking one of the best times to come to Texas, weather-wise.

But Dallas area - ITA with [livejournal.com profile] ljmckay's suggestions (I, too, am from the Dallas area originally), and have a few additional suggestions:
- eat barbeque (I'm a fan of Baker's Ribs, on Greenville, but there are lots of amazing places)
- if you can get to Fort Worth, eat at Joe T. Garcia's
- hit the Dallas Arboretum (recently voted by Southern Living readers as one of the best in the South)
- if you're an art person, there are lots of fantastic museums, some of which may have something interesting to you that's showing (the Kimball and new Modern Art Museum in Ft Worth, the Dallas Museum of Art, the Crow Asian Art Collection, the Nasher Sculpture Garden)
- depending on when you're there, you could catch a home game of the Texas Rangers - baseball tickets don't tend to be too expensive, and it's a gorgeous ballpark - plus, BASEBALL!
- if you'll be in north Dallas, it may be easier (and will definitely be cheaper) to hit a minor league baseball game instead (like the Frisco Roughriders; also a really neat ballpark
- if you feel like seeing some good ol' Texas two-steppin' (most popular dance of Texas) and riding a mechanical bull, get over to Billy Bob's Texas in Fort Worth
- go see Jensen Ackles' boyhood home. Just kidding, but if you wanted to see the high school he went to, it's in Richardson, which is the suburb immediately north of Dallas. ;-)

There's just tons and tons and tons of stuff to do in Dallas, even if you can't get very far out of town. Also, the whole "uptown" area is hella fun - my sister lives there, and she LOVES IT. Fireside Pies is fantastic, if you're feeling like pizza at any point.

I'd be happy as a clam to answer any questions about Dallas/Texas/whatever - just let me know! I love Texas, and I love talking about it. :-D

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